Improvement in spooling-i



Paten t ed April 6,1875.

l. W. WEST.

Spoofing-Machine.

THE GRAP HIC CO.PHDTO-LITH.39B=41 PARK PLAGE,N.Y.

rrnn STATES JOHN W. WEST, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOLING'MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 16 1,64%, dated April6, 1875; application filed February 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WEST, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Spooling -Machines, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which my invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompa' nying drawingforming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is anisometrical perspective View, showing the actuating mechanism; Fig. 2, alike view, showing the stop-motion and regulating mechanism. Fig. 3 is asectional View, showing the shifting mechanism; and Fig. 4, details tobe referred to.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawin g.

My present invention is designed as an improvement upon the spoolerdescribed in my application for Letters Patent of the United Statesfiled October 31, 1874, and issued March 2, 1875; and consists in anovel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, by which its capacity and effectiveness arevery largely increased.

In the drawing, A is the main frame of the machine, which consists ofthe heads B B, connected by the cross-beams G G. A series ofspool-holding rods, 0, provided with the pulleys D, are disposed in thearc of a circle in the heads B B, in such a manner as to be easilyrevolved therein, the ends of the rods projecting a short distancethrough the head B to receive the spool. Between each pair of thespool-holding rods there is a sliding rod, K, projecting through thehead B, and carrying upon its outer end the polishing thread guide M.Centrally arranged in each of the heads B B there is an upright orstandard, G, and in these standards there is disposed a sliding rod, H,carrying the annular headstock I. This head-stock is provided with aseries of radial arms or spokes, J, one of which is connected with eachof the sliding rods K, in such a manner that the rods may be partiallyrevolved in, but do not slide through,

the spokes, which is accomplished by means of the lateral slot 12 in therods and the pin 2 in the spokes, as shown in Fig. 4. The rods K arealso connected with each other, and with the two pivoted levers 00, bymeans of the Screw-eyes L, inserted in the rods, and by means ofthewires 00. Beneath the rod H, in the standards Q, there is a fixed rod,c, and arranged to slide on this rod there is a vertical bar, S, theupper end of which is attached to the rod H, and in the lower end ofwhich a horizontal rocking lever is pivoted, provided with the arms a a,and the laterally-projecting studs 1) b. The arm a is provided upon itslower surface with a segmental screw, corresponding with the left-handscrew d, and the arm a with a like screw, corresponding with theright-hand screw 0, on a shaft disposed horizontally underthe rod i inthe heads B B. Pivoted to the cross-beam Q are two horizontal levers, ff, the inner ends of which are flattened, as shown in Fig. 3 and theouter ends of which work in the slots h h of the inclined bars P.Beneath the flattened ends of the levers f f are twohorizontally-arranged springs, g g, the lower ends of which are attachedto the bar 0, and the free or upper ends of which rise between theadjacent edges of the flattened ends of the levers f f, with which theyare also in contact, as seen in Fig. 3. A rocker-shaft, W, provided withthe vertically-arranged bent lever Y, and with two horizontal arms, 17,is journaled in the heads B B The arms 17 carry the slotted bar Q, inwhich the inclined bars P are disposed, and are made adjustablelaterally. The bar Q is. vertically slotted at each end for the guidesor ways 13, which project inwardly from the heads ofthe machine, andbeneath the bar are two coiled springs, 10, which act expansively toforce the same against the arms 17. Pivoted to the outer side of thehead B, and near the base of the same, are a series ofgravitating-levers, U, provided with vertical needles 6, having threadguides or eyes 7. Upon the same stud with these levers there is agravitating-lever, 11, the short arm of which is in contact with thebelt-shipper or rod 9, the rod being kept in contact with the lever bythe spring 16. Near the levers U, and pivoted to the same head of themachine, are also a series of corresponding gravitating-levers, T,provided with the drop-wires or eyes it.

A series of bobbin-holders or spindles, p 17, project laterally from thehead B, and near them are two tension-clamps, composed of the jaws on Oand thumb -screws n. The fingers M are provided with a slot, w, andshoulder a, for guiding the thread onto the spool, and also act tocompress and polish the same as the spools fill.

In the use of my improved spooler the bobbins from which the yarn,thread, or silk is to be taken are first placed upon the spindles p p.The threads are then carried over the rest 2:, through the eyes 7, wirest, and around the spool r on the end of the shaft K. From thence thethreads are divided, one-half being carried through each of thetension-jaws m 0, and to spools on the outer ends of the rods 0,sufficient tension being given by the screws n to elevate the levers Tfrom contact with the lever 11, and to properly wind the thread upon thespools. If, now, the parts being as seen in Fig. 3, power is applied tothe pulley E on the main shaft F, motion will be communicated, throughthe pulleys 1 2 3 4, to the screws cl 0, which being caused to rotate,the bar S, rod H, head-stock I, spokes J, and rods K will be caused totraverse toward the head B by means of the segmental screw in the arm a,engaged with the screw cl, until the stud b passes out from under theflattened end of the lever f, and up the inclined end of the spring 9sufficiently far to cause the stud b to pass beyond the flattened end ofthe arm f, disengage the screws to d, and engage the screws a 6, whenthe movements of the headstock I and spool-rods K will be reversed, andso on until all of the spools are filled, in a manner which will bereadily understood by all conversant with such matters without a moreexplicit description.

It will be obvious that the traverse of the rods K, and, consequently,the length of the layers of thread Wound upon the spools, will dependupon the distance between the flattened ends of the levers f f. This isautomatically regulated by the thread on the spool nearest the bentlever Y.

The head of the spool being flaring, the shortest layer is wound first;but, as the spool fills, the thread presses outwardly against the fingerM, and that, in its turn, against the lever Y, causing the shaft W to bepartially rotated, depressing the arms 17 and bar Q, drawing down theinclined bars P, with their converging slots h h, and thus graduallyseparating the flattened ends of the levers ff by causing their outerends to be moved toward each other.

Vhen the frame is dofied, or the filled spools removed from the rods 0,the pressure on the finger M being relieved, the spring 10 will elevatethe bar Q, preparing the machine to wind a short layer of thread on thenext set of spools.

The spool rods 0 are designed to be actuated by a continuous beltpassing around the pulleys D and main pulley E, the speed beinggraduated by the cones l 2 3 4.

The design of the vertical levers U is to prevent knotted threads frombeing wound onto the spools. The knots, being unable to pass the eyes 7,cause the levers to trip, and thus actuate the shipping-rod 9 to stopthe machine.

The object of the levers T is to cause the machine to stop on thebreakage of a thread, which is effected by the lever connected with thebroken thread filling upon the lever 11, and through it actuating therod 9.

The object of the levers w or, eyes L, and wires w, in connection withthe rods 7c, is to partially rotate said rods simultaneously, and thusremove the guides M from the spools for doffing the frame, and bringthem into contact with the same again, as required.

I do not herein claim anything shown or described in the Letters Patentabove referred to,when in and of itself considered but Having thusdescribed my invention, I

claim, in a spoolingmachine constructed substantially as described, thefollowing instrumentalities, to wit:

1. The head-stock I, rods K, bar S, rod H, screw 61 e, and arms a a, incombination witha device for automatically changing the movements of therods K, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The arms a a, provided with the studs 1) b, in combination with thelevers f f, springs g g, and screw (2 e, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In combination with the finger M, the rocking shaft W, bar Q, andslotted bars P, for actuating the levers f f, substantially as setforth.

4. In combination with the rods K, the wires 00, eyes L, and lever to,substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The rod K, provided with the slot '0, and the spoke J, provided withthe pin 2, combined to operate as and for the purpose specified.

6. The stop mechanism described, the same consisting of the levers U,provided with the needles 6, the levers T, provided with the eyes it,and the lever 11, combined to operate with the shipper 9, substantiallyas set forth.

- JOHN W. WEST. Witnesses:

H. E. METOALF, WM. MILLER.

